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4.0/10
4.5K
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A Southern mobster attempts to rescue his kidnapped brother.A Southern mobster attempts to rescue his kidnapped brother.A Southern mobster attempts to rescue his kidnapped brother.
IMDb RATING
4.0/10
4.5K
YOUR RATING
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C.J. LeBlanc
- Hoyaas Hoya
- (as Chris LeBlanc)
- Director
- Writer
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Storyline
A powerful action thriller, ARSENAL tells the intertwining stories of the Lindel brothers, Mikey (Johnathon Schaech) and JP (Adrian Grenier), who had only each other to rely on growing up. As adults, JP found success as the owner of a construction company, while Mikey became a small-time mobster, mired in a life of petty crime. When Mikey is kidnapped and held for a ransom by ruthless crime boss Eddie King (Nicolas Cage), JP turns to the brothers' old pal Sal (John Cusack), a plain clothes detective for help. In order to rescue his brother, JP must risk everything and unleash his vengeance against King's relentless army of gangsters.
- Taglines
- Brotherhood has its price.
- Genres
- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for brutal bloody violence, language throughout, and drug use
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaEddie King's older brother, Buddy, is played by Christopher Coppola. Cristopher Coppola is in fact the older brother of Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola).
- GoofsThere's a pot on the stove which sets off a smoke detector, yet there is no smoke and nothing is burning. Also, she grabs the handled pot with bare hands along the rim.
- Quotes
Eddie King: YOU OWE ME!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Top 5 Best/Worst: Top 5 Worst Nicolas Cage Performances (2017)
- SoundtracksMississipi Delta
Written and Performed by Littlewood and D. Hunt
Top review
Pretty bad
I really didn't know anything about the movie and so I didn't have any high expectations. Not like people who actually looked at the cast and saw John Cusack and Nicholas Cage there. Yet it still disappointed, with the slow boring script and the pointless scenes.
This should have been the side story in a police procedural episode, not a standalone film. There were interesting shots, especially at the end, so I can't fault the director too much. The acting was OKish, mostly from Adrian Grenier and Johnathon Schaech (man, when did he get so massively ripped?!). Nicholas Cage played one of his wacky roles, but he wasn't interesting, threatening or amusing, simply weird. And Cusack is a supporting role, just as Cage, to get people to watch the film in the first place.
Bottom line: the subject alone has been done to death, so the film needed something extra to make it interesting. They tried with the cast, but without a good script, it is just a waste.
This should have been the side story in a police procedural episode, not a standalone film. There were interesting shots, especially at the end, so I can't fault the director too much. The acting was OKish, mostly from Adrian Grenier and Johnathon Schaech (man, when did he get so massively ripped?!). Nicholas Cage played one of his wacky roles, but he wasn't interesting, threatening or amusing, simply weird. And Cusack is a supporting role, just as Cage, to get people to watch the film in the first place.
Bottom line: the subject alone has been done to death, so the film needed something extra to make it interesting. They tried with the cast, but without a good script, it is just a waste.
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- siderite
- Mar 19, 2017
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- Also known as
- Phi Vụ Tống Tiền
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Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $41,037
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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